Sunday, May 2, 2010

KOZHIKODE: Union Defence Minister A.K. Antony has declined to comment on the issues thrown up by the proposed merger of the Kerala Congress(J) and Kerala Congress(M).Responding to journalists questions here yesterday, Antony said the issues could be settled at the State level itself. The leadership of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) was capable of handling the situation; the KPCC would have the last word on the issues, he said.Antony said he would give his opinion if it was asked for, but he would do so confidentially, not in public. He would not say whether a replacement for Shashi Tharoor would be made in the Union Council of Ministers